Commercial Loans Serviced by Third Party

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Fees and Commissions, Mortgage Servicing

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Fair value of an asset representing net future revenue from contractually specified servicing fees, late charges, and other ancillary revenues, in excess of future costs related to servicing arrangements.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 860
-SubTopic 50
-Section 45
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Discount rate used to estimate the fair value of servicing assets and servicing liabilities.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-SubTopic 50
-Section 50
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Estimated rate of prepayments of principal on servicing assets and servicing liabilities.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Servicing Rights - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2018
Servicing Assets at Fair Value [Line Items]
Commercial servicing rights	$ 11,206		$ 11,206		$ 10,821
Other Noninterest Income
Servicing Assets at Fair Value [Line Items]
Mortgage servicing fees	616	$ 487	1,800	$ 1,400
Commercial servicing rights
Servicing Assets at Fair Value [Line Items]
Commercial servicing rights	1,018		1,018		1,030
Commercial loans serviced for a third party	$ 236,700		$ 236,700		$ 239,500
Constant prepayment rate			12.72%		12.72%
Discount rate			11.49%		11.49%